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Ideas for 'Two Notions of Being: Entity and Essence', 'The Universe as We Find It' and 'Truthmakers'

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1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 2. Wise People

18495

The best philosophers I know are the best people I know [Heil]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy

18494

Using a technical vocabulary actually prevents discussion of the presuppositions [Heil]

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 2. Possibility of Metaphysics

18506

Questions of explanation should not be confused with metaphyics [Heil]

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 3. Metaphysical Systems

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Without abstraction we couldn't think systematically [Heil]

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Metaphysics aims to identify categories of being, and show their interdependency [Lowe]

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 6. Metaphysics as Conceptual

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Philosophy aims not at the 'analysis of concepts', but at understanding the essences of things [Lowe]